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New Carbon Nano Lubricant for Auto Engines

It surpasses all current lubricants

By Lucian Dorneanu, Science Editor

9th of May 2007, 11:27 GMT

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A new material is considered a breakthrough in lubricants for auto motors, as it will greatly improve the durability and lubrication

efficiency, far beyond the capabilities of current oil-based lubricants.

It is called CNSC (Carbon NanoSphere Chains) and it's produced by CleanTechnology International Corp, who will begin mass production in May, at its factory in Houston, TX.

According to the company, the new breakthrough material has great potential for a wide range of applications, including composites, microcircuits, super-capacitors, coatings, armor, nanoskin, medicine and diesel/oil additives.

Their approach was based on the fact that solid carbon nanosphere chains are extremely strong and resilient and could likely withstand extreme gas/diesel engine pressures. To test the properties of the new material, they took an ordinary SEA grade motor oil and subjected three dilutions using the new material to the ASTM lubricant testing.

They found that the results of a 1 percent dilution of the CNSC in regular motor oil showed a significant increase in lubricating efficiency.

Another advantage of new compound was as an oil additive, that demonstrated that a solution of only 1% of CNSC improved the Incipient Seizure Point by 13%, the Weld Point by 20% and the Non-Seizure Load by 20%.

These are measurements used to test the conditions under which the metal parts of internal combustion engines begin to fail, weld themselves together and eventually completely seize-up.

The 13% improvement may not look impressive at a first glance, but if you think that the improvement could one day allow getting to the nearest repair shop located at exactly 13 miles from where your car starts to break down, you would surely think of it as the best discovery of the century.

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oil | motor | engine | car

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